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[ vurv ] / vɜrv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR verve ON THESAURUS.COM
nounenthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve. vivaciousness; liveliness; animation: I like a teacher with plenty of verve. Archaic. talent. Origin of verve1690–1700; <French: enthusiasm, whim, chatter, apparently <Latin verba words, talk, plural (taken in VL as feminine singular) of verbum word; see verb Words nearby vervevertu, Vertumnus, Verulamian, Verulamium, vervain, verve, vervelle, vervet, Verwoerd, very, very high frequency Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for verveA new history tells their remarkable story with sensitivity and verve writes Wendy Smith. Women Without Race: ‘Miss Anne in Harlem’|Wendy Smith|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST And so the question now is not only whether Ryan can reenergize the Romney campaign with his vision and verve. Will Paul Ryan Help Romney With Blue-Collar Whites?|Andrew Romano|August 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST And a candidate with some verve— Michele Bachmann comes to mind—is catnip for the cameras. All the Also-Rans for President|Jack W. Germond|March 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST Where the Austin building is nuanced and almost spectral, Bakersfield is all verve and gesture. Obama's Building Boom: Will His Architecture Legacy Be as Lasting as FDR's?|Ian Volner|January 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
What is more, she writes with verve, tongue-in-cheek humor, and elegance. All Hail Cleopatra!|Michael Korda|November 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST The toast was drunk with indescribable enthusiasm and verve. The Socialist|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull It pictured native life with verve, skill, keenness of insight, and fine pictorial view. A Text-Book of the History of Painting|John C. Van Dyke His voluminous correspondence, mostly in MS., is remarkable for its verve and picturesque quality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7|Various He drew what he deserved—a sullen, scared old tomcat with none of the verve of Captain Wow. The Game of Rat and Dragon|Cordwainer Smith Verve, verv, n. the enthusiasm which animates a poet or artist: animation: energy. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
British Dictionary definitions for verve
noungreat vitality, enthusiasm, and liveliness; sparkle a rare word for talent Word Origin for verveC17: from Old French: garrulity, from Latin verba words, chatter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to vervevigor, stamina, spunk, gumption, zest, zeal, pep, gusto, vitality, liveliness, sparkle, intensity, passion, moxie, toughness, pizzazz, get-up-and-go, vim, dash, juice |